Arne Slot sends ominous warning to Liverpool rivals despite Diogo Jota blow

Liverpool brag Arne Slot previewed his side's lucifer against RB Leipzig and discussed the Reds' signifier and wounded presumption up of Wednesday's Champions League outing successful Germany

Arne Slot has warned Liverpool’s rivals they tin get adjacent amended contempt their stunning commencement to the season.

The Reds are flying nether the Dutchman as they beryllium apical of the Premier League array aft 8 games. They caput into their clash with RB Leipzig having earned 2 wins from 2 successful the Champions League already.

It’s the archetypal clip successful the club’s past they’ve won the archetypal 11 of 12 games successful a play with a Carabao Cup triumph against West Ham besides nether their belts. But the Kop brag believes there’s much to travel from his Reds broadside aft conscionable a fewer months successful charge.

He said: “You cannot inquire for overmuch much with results but determination is ever country for improvement. I don’t deliberation we outplayed Chelsea [in Sunday’s 2-1 win], we surely did not – I deliberation they were much ascendant than america with the ball.

“In an perfect world I would person seen america predominate the implicit game. We are not determination yet.

“The bully happening is, if we look a squad similar Chelsea and [Manchester] United, you spot a squad warring for each centimetre oregon each infinitesimal successful the game.

“I americium hoping successful the future, hopefully the adjacent future, we play a crippled similar AC Milan oregon United and go much ascendant than we were against Chelsea.”

Liverpool volition beryllium without Diogo Jota connected Wednesday arsenic the Portuguese guardant did not travel. Harvey Elliott, Conor Bradley, Federcico Chiesa and Alisson Becker besides person not made the trip.

Slot is not definite however agelong Jota volition beryllium absent aft helium suffered ‘bruising’ erstwhile Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo fell connected him successful Sunday’s triumph implicit the Blues. Slot said: “"It is hard to justice astatine this infinitesimal of clip to spot however agelong it is going to take.

“Ribs? He felt determination implicit here, it is bruised I think, truthful we'll person to spot however agelong it is going to take.

“Conor Bradley didn't marque the trip, Harvey Elliott didn't marque it, Federico Chiesa didn't and Alisson didn't marque the travel either, truthful that means we person a fewer issues astatine the moment.”

Former Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp, who is acceptable to instrumentality implicit arsenic Head of Global Soccer astatine Red Bull successful January, volition not be the crippled contempt his links to some clubs.

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